Fred Hornkohl

Freel blooped a single to right field

The really BAD thing about anybody in Cubs brass using that piece of wishful thinking is that the 2005 ASTROS GOT SWEPT BY THE WHITE SOX!!!! :lol: I don't aspire to get swept by the White Sox. 8) Aim higher!!!!!! :wink: The 2005 Astros ain't spit !! Remember the 1914 Braves !!

Here you go !! Home IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Maddux (4-0) 31.3 26 8 7 6 18 1 399 1.72 5.17 0.29 1.02 2.01 Marshall (2-1) 30.7 18 7 7 10 22 1 444 2.93 6.46 0.29 0.91 2.05 Overall IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Maddux (6-4) 66.7 70 33 32 16 42 5 927 2.16 5.67 0.68 1.29 4.32 Marshall (3-3) 53.7 44 30 30 26 38 4 854 4.36 6.37 0.67 1.30 5.03

As of today, the CUBS have 111 games left to play. Their magic numbers vs. the rest of the division are: St. Louis 124 Cincinnati 119 Houston 117 Milwaukee 117 Pittsburgh 109 Any combination of CUBS' wins and Cardinal losses equaling 124, will mean that the CUBS will finish ahead of the Cardinals. At the pace they're playing, the Cardinals will only lose approximately 40 more games on the season, which would mean the CUBS must win 84 out of 111. That's mathematically possible....... but I sure wouldn't go bet the farm on it, eh?

Worthless stats of the day for Wednesday....... CUBS are 4-4 on Wednesdays CUBS are 4-3 vs. Cincinnati CUBS are 2-2 when they've won their last 2 game(s) in a row CUBS are 7-12 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 5-12 in games that end a series CUBS are 1-2 in games that close out a home stand CUBS are 11-11 at night CUBS are 12-13 at home CUBS are 7-0 in night games at Wrigley Field :shock: CUBS are 14-7 when they get a quality start.... 6-24 when they don't CUBS are 17-6 when they score at least 4 runs.... 3-25 when they don't CUBS are 14-6 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 5-26 when they don't CUBS are 17-14 when one of Maddux, Marshall, or Zambrano start CUBS are 17-18 when they draw at least 2 walks.... 3-13 when they don't CUBS are 12-6 when they allow fewer than 4 walks.... 8-25 when they don't CUBS are on a pace to win 64 games this year..... compared to 79 last year CUBS are on a pace to score 635 runs this year..... compared to 703 last year CUBS are on a pace to hit 118 home runs this year..... compared to 194 last year CUBS are on a pace to draw 394 walks this year..... compared to 419 last year CUBS are drving in 19.5% of their runners on base compared to 18.4% last year CUBS are scoring 0.352 runs per baserunner compared to 0.365 last year CUBS are extra base hit ratio is 29.0% compared to 35.8% last year CUBS are 6-5 when Zambrano starts Zambrano is 7 of 11 in quality starts Zambrano's ERA pitching to Barrett is 3.93.... pitching to Blanco it's 2.25 CUBS score 3.92 R/G overall.... 4.82 R/G when Zambrano pitches CUBS hit 0.73 HR/G overall.... 0.91 HR/G when Zambrano pitches Zambrano's starts this year (6-5) Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 1 Mon 04/03 @ Cincinnati 16- 7 Zambrano 4 Sat 04/08 St. Louis 3- 2 Zambrano 8 Thu 04/13 Cincinnati 3- 8 Zambrano 13 Tue 04/18 @ Los Angeles N 1- 2 Zambrano 18 Mon 04/24 Florida N 6- 3 Zambrano 23 Sun 04/30 Milwaukee 0- 9 Zambrano 28 Fri 05/05 @ San Diego N 0- 1 Zambrano 33 Wed 05/10 @ San Francisco N 8- 1 Zambrano 38 Tue 05/16 Washington N 4- 0 Zambrano 43 Sun 05/21 @ Chicago (AL) 7- 4 Zambrano 47 Fri 05/26 Atlanta 5- 6 Zambrano 52 Wed 05/31 Cincinnati N - Zambrano CUBS' offensive support of Zambrano..... 04/03 - 05/30 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Zambrano 376 53 89 19 2 10 142 50 33 66 0.237 0.300 0.378 0.678 CUBS overall 1703 200 431 73 15 37 645 185 124 262 0.253 0.307 0.379 0.685 Zambrano's previous starts (3-2)..... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/03 vs. Cincy 4.7 7 5 5 5 5 2 105 9.64 9.64 3.86 2.57 9.64 04/08 vs. St. L 6.0 4 2 0 4 5 0 111 6.00 7.50 0.00 1.33 0.00 04/13 vs. Cincy 6.0 4 5 4 3 8 2 103 4.50 12.00 3.00 1.17 6.00 04/18 vs. L.A. 6.0 4 1 1 5 3 0 112 7.50 4.50 0.00 1.50 1.50 04/24 vs. Flor 7.0 6 3 3 3 12 1 114 3.86 15.43 1.29 1.29 3.86 04/30 vs. Milw 4.0 8 7 7 5 5 1 103 11.25 11.25 2.25 3.25 15.75 05/05 vs. S.D. 7.0 4 0 0 3 10 0 107 3.86 12.86 0.00 1.00 0.00 05/10 vs. S.F. 8.0 5 1 1 5 6 0 110 5.63 6.75 0.00 1.25 1.13 05/16 vs. Wash 8.0 4 0 0 2 8 0 122 2.25 9.00 0.00 0.75 0.00 05/21 vs. CWS 7.0 4 4 4 3 9 3 113 3.86 11.57 3.86 1.00 5.14 05/26 vs. Atla 6.7 2 2 2 6 8 0 124 8.10 10.80 0.00 1.20 2.70 Home 37.7 28 19 16 23 46 4 677 5.50 10.99 0.96 1.35 3.82 Road 32.7 24 11 11 21 33 5 547 5.79 9.09 1.38 1.38 3.03 Day 42.3 33 25 22 28 48 8 781 5.95 10.20 1.70 1.44 4.68 Nite 28.0 19 5 5 16 31 1 443 5.14 9.96 0.32 1.25 1.61 season totals 70.3 52 30 27 44 79 9 1224 5.63 10.11 1.15 1.36 3.45 Zambrano's starts against Cincinnati last year (ND)...... Zambrano IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA 04/26 vs. Cincy 4.7 7 6 6 3 5 1 104 5.79 9.64 1.93 2.14 11.57 09/13 vs. Cincy 6.0 3 3 3 3 9 2 116 4.50 13.50 3.00 1.00 4.50 totals vs. Cincy 10.7 10 9 9 6 14 3 220 5.06 11.81 2.53 1.50 7.59 season totals 223.3 170 88 81 86 202 21 3564 3.47 8.14 0.85 1.15 3.26 CUBS' season series vs. Cincinnati ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter 1 Mon 04/03 @ Cincinnati 16- 7 Zambrano 2 Wed 04/05 @ Cincinnati 6- 8 Rusch 6 Tue 04/11 Cincinnati 2- 9 Rusch 7 Wed 04/12 Cincinnati 4- 1 Maddux 8 Thu 04/13 Cincinnati 3- 8 Zambrano 50 Mon 05/29 Cincinnati 7- 3 Wood 51 Tue 05/30 Cincinnati N 8- 3 Maddux 52 Wed 05/31 Cincinnati N - Zambrano 59 Thu 06/08 @ Cincinnati N - Rusch 60 Fri 06/09 @ Cincinnati N - Wood 61 Sat 06/10 @ Cincinnati - Maddux 62 Sun 06/11 @ Cincinnati - Zambrano 148 Fri 09/15 Cincinnati - 149 Sat 09/16 Cincinnati - 150 Sun 09/17 Cincinnati - 154 Fri 09/22 @ Cincinnati N - 155 Sat 09/23 @ Cincinnati - 156 Sun 09/24 @ Cincinnati - 157 Mon 09/25 @ Cincinnati - CUBS hitters vs. Cincinnati this year..... vs. Cincy AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Mabry 4 1 2 0 0 1 5 2 0 0 0.500 0.500 1.250 1.750 Walker 20 8 11 3 0 1 17 7 2 1 0.550 0.591 0.850 1.441 Lee 13 4 4 3 0 1 10 5 8 2 0.308 0.545 0.769 1.315 Murton 27 6 11 1 0 3 21 6 1 1 0.407 0.448 0.778 1.226 Barrett 20 3 6 2 0 1 11 6 1 2 0.300 0.318 0.550 0.868 Womack 9 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.444 0.778 Ramirez 20 2 5 1 0 1 9 3 2 2 0.250 0.318 0.450 0.768 Pierre 30 7 8 2 2 0 14 2 1 3 0.267 0.290 0.467 0.757 Hairston 13 2 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 0.308 0.308 0.385 0.692 Pagan 13 2 4 1 0 0 5 1 0 2 0.308 0.308 0.385 0.692 Blanco 7 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0.286 0.375 0.286 0.661 Cedeno 24 4 7 1 0 0 8 0 1 5 0.292 0.320 0.333 0.653 Jones 16 3 2 1 0 1 6 5 0 4 0.125 0.118 0.375 0.493 Perez 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0.091 0.091 0.091 0.182 Bynum 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 totals vs. Cincy 244 46 74 19 2 9 124 41 17 37 0.303 0.347 0.508 0.855 season totals 1703 200 431 72 15 37 644 185 124 260 0.253 0.307 0.378 0.685 CUBS pitchers vs. Cincinnati this year...... vs. Cincy IP H R ER BB K HR PC BB/9 K/9 HR/9 WHIP ERA Dempster 4.3 2 0 0 2 6 0 71 4.15 12.46 0.00 0.92 0.00 Wuertz 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 28 4.50 9.00 0.00 0.50 0.00 Aardsma 1.3 0 0 0 1 2 0 20 6.75 13.50 0.00 0.75 0.00 Novoa 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 18 9.00 9.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 Wood 6.0 5 2 1 1 4 0 85 1.50 6.00 0.00 1.00 1.50 Eyre 5.3 4 2 1 4 4 1 92 6.75 6.75 1.69 1.50 1.69 Maddux 11.7 10 4 4 2 8 0 150 1.54 6.17 0.00 1.03 3.09 Howry 2.3 3 1 1 1 1 1 39 3.86 3.86 3.86 1.71 3.86 Williamson 2.3 2 2 1 3 3 0 55 11.57 11.57 0.00 2.14 3.86 Willliams 3.0 3 3 2 4 1 1 63 12.00 3.00 3.00 2.33 6.00 Zambrano 10.7 11 10 9 8 13 4 208 6.75 10.97 3.38 1.78 7.59 Rusch 9.0 11 8 8 3 6 6 182 3.00 6.00 6.00 1.56 8.00 Ohman 3.0 5 7 7 2 3 2 50 6.00 9.00 6.00 2.33 21.00 totals vs. Cincy 62.0 56 39 34 33 54 15 1061 4.79 7.84 2.18 1.44 4.94 season totals 447.7 407 260 242 229 389 67 7617 4.60 7.82 1.35 1.42 4.87 Percentage of baserunners driven in 04/03 - 05/30 BDI LOB RBI% Restovich 1 2 0.333 Walker 23 48 0.324 Lee 7 17 0.292 Womack 1 3 0.250 Jones 18 54 0.250 Perez 11 33 0.250 Barrett 18 58 0.237 Murton 16 59 0.213 Bynum 4 17 0.190 Ramirez 16 73 0.180 Cedeno 13 65 0.167 Blanco 3 18 0.143 Hairston 4 27 0.129 Pagan 1 8 0.111 Mabry 2 28 0.067 Pierre 4 58 0.065 Theriot 0 2 0.000 CUBS 148 611 0.195 Go CUBS !! http://sneakykitchen.com/fullerbrush/images/household_broom.jpg

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/132980.jpg Milton (2-2) 5.52 vs. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/407296.jpg Zambrano (3-2) 3.45

The market loved it. Tribune Co closed at 29.86 (a 2 month high) up 1.97 (or 7%) on a day when the DJIA was off 184 points. Go TRIBUNE !!

Dare I say....a noogie sandwich to you, if you don't retract that statment? :lol: J/K.....and don't try jinxing the Cubs. All right.... let's don't get ahead of ourselves here. Oh.... what the heck ?? http://sneakykitchen.com/fullerbrush/images/household_broom.jpg

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS Valentin flied out to center field Encarnacion struck out swinging Freel grounded to short, safe at first on a throwing error, E6 LaRue, pinch hitting for Mercker, grounded into a FC, 5-4, Freel out at second 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 errors, 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 7 2 CUBS 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 x 8 11 2 CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! CUBS WIN !! W: Maddux (6-4) S: none L: Claussen (3-6) T: 2:32 A: 39,000 Home runs: CUBS: Jones ( 8 ) pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Maddux 5.7 7 3 3 0 1 0 64 Aardsma 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 03 Novoa 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 18 Ohman 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 Dempster 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19

Freel grounded to short, safe at first on a throwing error, E6

Encarnacion struck out swinging

Valentin flied out to center field

Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS

CUBS are 19-3 when they lead after 8 innings Go CUBS !!

BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH INNING Mercker in to pitch for the CUBS Jones homered to right center field Blanco popped out to second base Hairston, pinch hitting for Ohman, flied out to shallow right field Pierre grounded out to second, 4-3 1 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 7 2 CUBS 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 8 11 1 Home runs: CUBS: Jones ( 8 )

Hairston, pinch hitting for Ohman, flied out to shallow right field

Blanco popped out to second base

Jones homered to right center field

TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING Ohman in to pitch for the CUBS Griffey struck out swinging Dunn popped out to second base Kearns struck out (called) 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 7 2 CUBS 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 7 10 1 pitcher IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Maddux 5.7 7 3 3 0 1 0 64 Aardsma 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 03 Novoa 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 18 Ohman 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15

Dunn popped out to second base

CUBS are 13-3 when they lead after 7 innings Go CUBS !!

Griffey struck out swinging

Ohman in to pitch for the CUBS

BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH INNING Schakelford in to pitch for Cincinnati Pierre walked Pierre took second base on a passed ball Womack bunted to third for an IF single, Pierre to third Germano in to pitch for Cincinnati Murton hit by pitch, Womack to second Ramirez grounded into a DP, 5-2-3, Pierre out at home, Womack to third, Murton to second Walker walked (intentionally) Cedeno grounded into a FC, 6-4, Walker out at second 0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 3 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 7 2 CUBS 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 7 10 1

Walker walked (intentionally)